Grants
Dr. M. David Alexander: Awarded $572,076 grant by the Virginia Department of Education for his research with the Virginia Career View.
Dr. John Burton: Awarded $106,670 by the Virginia Department of Education for his Instructional Technology Resource Teacher baseline analysis project.
Dr. Pat O’Reilly and Todd Ogle: Awarded $295,573 by the Department of Education for his work with an assessment and program improvement system for the Office of Career and Technical Education Services.
Dr. John Burton was awarded $1,304,000 by the Virginia Department of Education for the continuation proposal for the training and technical assistance center (TTAC).
Dr. Edward Wolfe was awarded $29,842 by Michigan State University for his project – Workplace climate for breastfeeding support: Perceptions of new mother employees, and the role of company policies and manager attitudes.
Dr. John Burton and Dr. Patty Bickley - Continuation for the Training and Technical Assistance Center sponsored by Virginia Department of Education awarded $3,912,000.
Drs. Deborah Olsen, Barbara Bekken, and Terry Wildman – Forging a new path to greater STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) learning in general education - $115,650
Drs. David Alexander and Beverly Crouse - Early Intervention - Virginia Department of Mental Health - $78,939.
Drs. David Alexander and Mary Landon-Moore - Virginia Career VIEW project - Virginia Department of Education - $794,457.
Dr. Patrick O’Reilly - An Assessment and Program Improvement System for the Office of Career and Technical Education Services - Virginia Department of Education - $194,398.
Drs. Carol Burger, Elizabeth Creamer and Peggy Meszaros – Investigating the Gender Component: Cultures That Promote Equity in Undergraduate Engineering - National Science Foundation - $139,389.
Drs. Josiah Tlou, Patricia Kelly, and Jerome Niles - Developing a Bachelor of Education Degree Program with a Primary Education Specialization in Malawi at Domasi College of Education – U.S. Agency for International Development - $1,976,882.
Drs. David Hicks, Peter Doolittle and Tom Ewing – Office of Innovation and Improvement – Teaching American History Grant – Montgomery County Public Schools - $270,249. More information about the grant and a link to the list of successful applicants can be found on the Department of Education website:
http://www.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory/index.html
Drs. Carol Burger, Elizabeth Creamer and Peggy Meszaros - Researching Women in Information Technology: Pivotal Transitions from School to Careers - National Science Foundation - $194,456.
Dr. Patrick O’Reilly - Identification of the Industrial Sector of Employment Patterns of Former Participants of DCE Programs – VA Department of Correctional Education - $35,513.
Dr. Patrick O’Reilly – An Analysis of the Participation and Completion Patterns of DCE Program Participants – VA Department of Correctional Education - $40,460.
Dr. Patrick O’Reilly – A Follow-Up of DCE College Participants – VA Department of Correctional Education - $39,527.
Dr. Patrick O’Reilly – An Investigation of the Characteristics Related to Post-Release Success of DCE Program Participants – VA Department of Education - $21,219.
Dr. Patrick O’Reilly – Follow-Up of Vocational Education Clients of the Corrections Education System – VA Department of Corrections - $639,899.
Dr. Patrick O’Reilly – Follow-Up of the Participants of Adult Education Programs – VA Department of Correctional Education - $34,832.
Dr. Susan Magliaro - SWVA Professional Education Consortium: Consortium-wide Implementation of a Continuum of Support, Virginia Department of Education - $120,000.
Drs. John Burton, Barbara Lockee, and David Moore - Proposal to Develop the Instructional Technology Skills of Malawi Educators - U.S. Agency for International Development - $782,137.
Dr. Mark Sanders – Graphic Comm Central Project (Continuation) – Graphic Arts Education and Research Foundation - $49,739.
Dr. Mark Sanders – Bridges for Engineering Education: Virginia Tech (BEEVT) – National Science Foundation - $22,001.
Drs. Jesse Wilkins and Gwen Lloyd – Mathematics Specialist in Southwest Virginia – Virginia Department of Education - $74,000.
Dr. Melvin Wilson - Preparing Virginia’s Mathematics Specialists - Virginia Commonwealth University - $78,051.
Drs. Lydia Marek & Kerry Redican will conduct the Southwest Virginia prescription drug abuse prevention study for the VA Dept. of Mental Health, Mental Retardation, and Substance Abuse Services - $63,482.